Also found in: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Medical, Legal, Idioms, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia. Custody. A service in which a brokerage or other financial institution holds securities on behalf of the client. This reduces the risk of the client losing his/her assets or having them stolen.
Bigleaf maples in the rain forest are adorned with epiphytic mosses, ferns, and spike-mosses growing on their trunks and branches. Ocean-Born Forests The lush forests in the Quinault, Queets, Hoh, and Bogachiel valleys are some of the most spectacular examples of primeval temperate rain forest in the lower 48 states.
They are found in 85 countries in the world but the largest continuous rain forest is found in the Amazon river basin in South America, much of which lies in Brazil. The second largest contiguous rain forest is that found in the Congo Basin in Africa. Ninety percent of the tropical rain forests i the world are concentrated in fifteen countries. There are five major tropical rain forest regions in the world: Central America, the Amazon Basin, Africa, Southern Asia and Australia.